Pope Francis will meet with more than 100 international comedians next Friday, the Holy See said, citing Vatican News. The meeting will feature three Portuguese comedians: Maria Rueff, Ricardo Araújo Pereira and Joana Marques.
The event, scheduled for 8:30 a.m. at the Apostolic Palace, aims to “establish a connection” between the Catholic Church and these artists. The purpose of the meeting is to “celebrate the beauty of diversity and promote a message of peace, love and solidarity.”
Jimmy Fallon, Conan O’Brien, Whoopi Goldberg and Chris Rock will be some of the most famous guests around the world, in addition to Brazilians Fabio Porciata and Christian Verson. The vast majority of comedians present will be from Italy.
The event is organized jointly by the Dicastery of Culture and Education, headed by Portuguese Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça, and the Vatican Dicastery of Communication, headed by Italian journalist Paolo Ruffini.
The statement, quoted by Vatican News, is reminiscent of Pope Francis’ words in an old interview in which the leader of the Catholic Church asked God to bless him with a “sense of humor.”
See the full list of guests:
Germany
Meltem Kaptan
Annette Frier
Michael Mittermeier
Till Reiners
Torsten Strether
Argentina
Malena Ginzburg
Brazil
Fabio Porchat
Christian Verson
Colombia
Paula Arcila
Liss Pereira
Maribel Trujillo Botello
Spain
Christina Castagno
Belen Cuesta Lamas
Sara Escudero Rodriguez
Victoria Martin
USA
Stephen Colbert
Jimmy Fallon
Jim Gaffigan
Whoopi Goldberg
James Martin
Tig Notaro
Chris Rock
Conan O’Brien
France
Redouane Bougueraba
Francois Cluzet
Manu Payet
Ireland
Ardal O’Hanlon
Tommy Tiernan
Patrick Kielty
Italy
Max Angioni
Lino Banfi
Federico Basso
Stefano Belisari
Alessandro Bergonzoni
Don Giovanni Berti
Enrico Bertolino
Enrico Beruschi
Alessandro Besentini
Alessandro Betti
Luca Bizzarri
Massimo Boldi
Luca Bonafé
Enrico Brignano
Jerry Cala
Roberta Calcagno Baldini
Gabriele Cirilli
Raul Cremona
Geppy Cucciari
Pio D’Antino
Gianluca De Angelis
Christian De Sica
Maria Di Biase
Pierfrancesco Diliberto
Emanuela Fanelli
Alberto Ferrari
Maurizio Ferrini
Nino Frassica
Andrea Fratellini
Giuseppe Giacobazi
Gin Gnocchi
Valeria Gratsi
Amedeo Greco
Caterina Guzzanti
Paolo Kessisoglu
Paolo Labati
Maurizio Lastrico
Roberto Lipari
Luciana Littizzetto
Brenda Lodigiani
Valerio Lundini
Andy Luotto
Leonardo Manner
Marco Marzocca
Paolo Migone
Elia Morra
Corrado Nuzzo
Silvio Orlando
Antonio Ornano
Enzo Paci
Mauro Pallotta
Davide Paniate
Kochi Ponzoni
Giacomo Poretti
Saverio Raimondo
Luca Ravenna
Riccardo Rossi
Mary Sarnataro
Giovanni Schifoni
Mario Simonotti
Giovanni Storti
Carlo Verdone
Giovanni Vernia
Francesco Villa
Michelle Foresta
Giorgio Panariello
Michelle La Ginestra
Mexico
Florinda Mesa Garcia
Chumel Torres
Poland
Dorota Loskot-Cichokka
Portugal
Ricardo Araujo Pereira
Joana Marquez
Maria Rueff
Great Britain
Ian Hislop
Stephen Merchant
Switzerland
Hazel Brugger
East Timor
Rivelino Barro Goncalves
Author: Miguel Pinheiro Correia
Source: CM Jornal
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